Ciolino v. Bernstein

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff Kathleen Ciolino, administratrix of the estate of Beatrice Lynch, deceased, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendants, Drs. Morris Bernstein and Thomas Marvelli, after a favorable jury verdict.

Plaintiff asserts two issues regarding Dr. Bernstein: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion in excluding evidence showing that Dr. Bernstein could have found an intensive care unit (ICU) bed for decedent by moving another patient then in the ICU, and (2) whether the trial…